2016 ANNUAL REPORT DEAR FRIENDS, A young person’s life and their community drastically change for the better when they receive their high school diploma or GED. That is why we are relentless in our efforts to reengage students who have left school and those at risk of leaving school in their education. We are solving the dropout crisis in Colorado. Our students face many personal and systemic barriers to their education. In reengaging students with their education, we have to address these barriers. In an ever-changing world, CYC continues to make a commitment to being an inclusive organization. We are working to create a culture and community where each individual is recognized and valued for their unique perspectives and identities. Our students, staff and community at large are only as powerful as the collective whole. What CYC is doing works. We strive to be an evidence-based, data-driven organization. In the 15-16 school year, we served over 1,700 students. The state’s dropout rate decreased from 2.5 to 2.3 percent (10,530 students). In addition, the graduation rates rose from 77.3 to 78.9 percent. We are thrilled to see so many of the districts in which we work experience an increase in graduation rates and a decrease in dropout rates. We also recognize we still have a long way to go to reach all of the students leaving school and not graduating across the state. We have some very exciting plans for the next year so stay tuned! MARY ZANOTTI MATT PADILLA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOARD CHAIR IMPACT 2015-16 STUDENT STORIES REENGAGING STUDENTS JESSE Sometimes all it takes is 1,705 students were served by CYC during the 2015-16 a little extra support and perseverance. In 2015, Jesse school year through our AmeriCorps program and our came across a CYC Outreach three core programs: Reengagement (formerly Dropout Specialist’s list of students Outreach and Recovery), Educational Intervention, who dropped out of school. and Futures Academy. We worked with 9 school and He did not obtain any organizational partners: credits from his past school. Adams 14 Englewood Schools CYC’s model was the perfect fit for Jesse. The Aurora Public Schools Jefferson County Public CYC Outreach Specialist Boulder Valley School District Schools met with him and his mom Colorado High School Charter School District 27J (Brighton) and they figured out a plan. Denver Public Schools Urban Peak Jesse enrolled in a new school, became committed to his education and determined to graduate with a high school diploma. He graduated last May and DEMOGRAPHICS is currently working. 56% MALE 43% FEMALE 1% TRANSGENDER OR SELF-IDENTIFY MONIQUE While Monique had a lot of her friends make the transition with her from middle school to 23% HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COURT SYSTEM high school, walking into a school with over one 7% HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM thousand students was overwhelming. Monique 14% ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS felt lost and scared. She started failing a couple of 11% ARE PREGNANT OR PARENTING her classes and she didn’t know what to do. 9% IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ Monique start working with a CYC Educational 56% HISPANIC/LATINO 2% AMERICAN INDIAN OR Intervention Specialist and slowly started to turn ALASKAN NATIVE things around. The second 17% WHITE semester of her freshman 1.5% ASIAN year, her goal was to pass 16% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN all her classes. She worked 1.5% OTHER hard and began to gain 6% TWO OR MORE RACES faith in her ability to do the work. She met her goal and passed all her classes. PROGRAMS & IMPACT 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR CYC’s Educational Intervention program STUDENTS WERE SERVED THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION provides one-on-one support, skill building, 245 PROGRAM. academic monitoring, and services OF STUDENTS RAISED AT LEAST ONE FAILING GRADE DURING EACH coordination to slightly off-track 9th grade GRADING PERIOD. students (those with 1-2 course failures) 83% OF STUDENTS ENDED THE SCHOOL YEAR ON TRACK TO GRADUATE BY who are not receiving other school and TOTAL CREDITS. community resources but need additional 71% support to get back on track. OF STUDENTS PASSED ALL CORE CLASSES BY THE END OF 50% THE GRADING PERIOD. PERCENT AVERAGE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CORE 59% COURSE FAILURES. CYC’s Reengagement program (formerly STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED BACK INTO SCHOOL. Dropout Outreach and Recovery) engages 410 youth who have already dropped out of IN-SCHOOL YOUTH WERE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO STAY high school. Our team contacts students 74 IN SCHOOL. that are not in school, educates them on the OF SUPPORTED STUDENTS ENDED THE YEAR WITH A POSITIVE OUTCOME: importance of a high school diploma or GED, 62% CONTINUED ENROLLMENT OR GRADUATED WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA and works to eliminate barriers to educational OR GED CERTIFICATE. engagement. This year, our specialists contacted almost 4,000 students who had dropped out of school. ADDITIONAL SERVICES In addition to Reengagement’s core services, OUT-OF-SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE CYC our team provides coordination and support 246 OUTREACH PROGRAM TO RECEIVE THESE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. for those students who are experiencing OF THESE STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED BACK INTO SCHOOL. homelessness, identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, 172 Transgender, Questioning (LGBTQ), are pregnant OF THESE STUDENTS CONTINUED ENROLLMENT OR GRADUATED or parenting, or are involved in the foster care 106 WITH A DIPLOMA OR GED CERTIFICATE. or court system. Futures Academy is a collaborative program STUDENTS SERVED THROUGH OUR FUTURES ACADEMY PROGRAM. between CYC and Aurora Public Schools that 302 serves students ages 17-21 who have too few STUDENTS WERE CONCURRENTLY ENROLLED AT PICKENS TECHNICAL COLLEGE credits to earn a diploma in the traditional 49 WITH 38 TECHNICAL CERTIFICATES EARNED. manner and are interested in furthering their STUDENTS WERE CONCURRENTLY ENROLLED AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE education and pursuing a post-secondary OF AURORA WITH 56 CLASSES PASSED. degree. 35 STUDENTS EARNED THEIR 47 GED CERTIFICATE. FOUNDATION & CORPORATE CONTRIBUTORS FINANCIALS 2016 27J (Brighton) • Adams Development • ANB Bank • Blanchard INCOME Family Wines • Brett-Shoemaker Fund • Bushong Family Government $2,592,504 Foundation • Choquette & Hart • City and County of Denver • Foundations & Corporations $383,250 Colorado Academy • Colorado Business Bank • Colorado Campaign Special Events/Individuals/Other $130,974 Inc. • Colorado Department of Education • Colorado League of TOTAL $3,106,728 Charter Schools • Comcast • Comedy Works • Community First EXPENSES Foundation • Community Trust of the Community Foundation Programs $2,551,116 Serving Boulder County • Contract Furnishings, Inc. • Corporation Administration $228,470 for National and Community Service/AmeriCorps • Customink • Fundraising $286,611 Denver Active 20-30 • E3MS • Edna McConnell Clark Foundation TOTAL $3,066,197 • Edward Jones Investments • FirstBank • Forest City Stapleton COMPLETE 2016 FINANCIAL REPORT AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST • Fox Family Foundation • Giving Generations Foundation • Guaranteed Rate • infused • InSITE Selection • J. F. Maddox Foundation • Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Colorado • KeyBank Foundation • MAXIMUS Charitable Foundation • Mile MVP VIP SOCIETY High United Way • Moody Insurance • Nathan B. and Florence R. Donors supporting our most vulnerable populations of students Burt Foundation • Otten Johnson Robinson Neff Ragonetti • PDC Energy • Pearl Street Fitness • Phillip B. Golberg Fund - a fund Derek Bamonte Tom Gougeon & Donna Middlebrooks James Blanchard Kate Nehring of The Denver Foundation • Q3 Consulting • RealArchitecture • Chris Ross & Ed Cannon Connie Pontarelli ReMax • Rose Community Foundation • RubinBrown Charitable Stacey & Michael Cousineau Joanne Reilly Foundation • Sage Hospitality • Season to Share, a campaign of Robert & Kathleen Ham Laura & Scott St. John Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund • Serve Scott Kilkenny Stefan & Andrea Stein Derek & Elizabeth Kraus Dick & Karen Thomas Colorado • Shadley Strategies • The Anschutz Foundation • The Christopher K. M. Leach Dr. John McGovern & Brad Yoshimitsu Grainger Foundation • The Schuster Family Foundation • Tony Kim Martin Grampsas Youth Services • University of Colorado • Wahoo’s Fish Tacos • The Women’s Foundation of Colorado • Zakhem & Company CYC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Matthew Padilla, Chair Clare Wilson, Treasurer and Chair Elect MAJOR INDIVIDUAL DONORS Director of Budget & Operations, Director of Finance & Assistant Treasurer, January 1, 2016 to Dec 31, 2016 ($500 and above). Visit our website to see Education Commission of the States PDC Energy the complete list of donors. Anonymous Rebecca Musielak John Montoya, Secretary Roque Robles, CYC Alumni Member Human Resource Director and Security Officer, G4S Secure Solutions Debbi & Eric Anderson Kate Nehring Executive Vice President, ANB Bank Kyle Ballew Cole Newcomer Kim Ryan Derek Bamonte Blanca O’Leary Derek Bamonte CPA, Rubin Brown Regional Vice President, David & Kris Berton Robert Padgett Guaranteed Rate Laura St. John, Past Chair James Blanchard Matt Padilla & Chris Wigley Owner, Pearl Street Fitness Buck & Janelle Blessing Connie Pontarelli Matt Hughes Stacey & Michael Cousineau Kelly Powers Founder/Director of Operations, Jim Toft Goldspot Brewing Company Rick & Sue Ericksen Herb Quintana & Mike Giglio Financial Advisor, Insurance and Edward Jones Investments Joe Garcia Jane & Phil Ratzer Risk Management Consultant, Tom Gougeon & Donna Middlebrooks Joanne Reilly